#40115C#40115C

#40115C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.127 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40115C
RGB	rgb(64, 17, 92)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 81.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.81, 35.97, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.81, 49.95, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(29.91% 0.0799 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(29.91% 0.127 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2462, 2.2637, 10.3364)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40115C #2D5C11

analogous

#1B115C #40115C #5C1153

triadic

#40115C #5C4011 #115C40

tetradic

#40115C #5C1B11 #2D5C11 #11535C

square

#40115C #5C1B11 #2D5C11 #11535C

split-complementary

#40115C #535C11 #115C1B

monochromatic

#12051A #1C0728 #40115C #641B90 #8824C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#40115C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#40115C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40115C

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40115C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40115C	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40115c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 17, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.127 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78558b',
    500: '#40115c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40115c;
$custom-light: #78558b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40115c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29906,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40115C

secondary

#589534

accent

#EC3C7E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40115C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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